China

China's real GDP growth came in at 10.7% y-o-y in Q409, the fastest pace since Q407, as fixed investment continued to boom and consumer spending growth accelerated. These factors... 2010-02-05

Despite China's stronger-than-expected 2009 real GDP growth figure of 8.7%, and the breakneck 10.7% y-o-y Q409 outturn, we continue to see a slowdown in H210 as the heavy engineering... 2010-01-21

Imports reached US$94.6bn in November, up 9.0% m-o-m and a staggering 26.2% y-o-y. Meanwhile, exports came in at US$113.7, up 2.6% m-o-m, and down 1.2% y-o-y. Indicating a level of... 2010-01-07

China and Taiwan signed three accords on December 22 during talks between the mainland's Association for Relations Across the Taiwan Straits (ARATS) and Taiwan's Straits Exchange... 2010-01-06

BMI View: The implementation of a China-ASEAN free trade deal on January 1 2010 has created the world's third-largest trade zone, and, perhaps more importantly in the context of subdued... 2010-01-06

Macroeconomic data and official policy rhetoric coming out of China continue to support our bullish short-term, yet cautious medium-term, view of the economy. November retail sales,... 2010-01-04

According to Li Fuan, a senior official at the Chinese banking regulator, Chinese banks will raise as much as CNY500bn from capital markets next year to boost their core capital following... 2009-12-22